Carousel.



A. J. SMITH.

GAROUSEL.

APPLIOATION FILED Nov.1o, 190s.

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Patentedot. 26, 1909` A. J. SMITH.

GAROUSEL.

APPLIGATION FILED Nov.1o, 190s.

938,283, Patented Oct. 26, 1909.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE.

ALEXANDER J. SMITH, OF FISHKILL ON THE HUDSON, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF TO MILTON C. SMITH, OF MATTEAWAN, NEW YORK.

CAROUSEL.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER J. SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fishkill on the Hudson, in the county of Dutchess and Stateof New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garousels, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to carousels and has for an obj ect to provide adevice of this character which will consist of a plurality of revolublecars or similar bodies which are adapted when in operation to haveimparted thereto a wave-like movement, thus plresenting abundantamusement and nove ty.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent as the nature of theinvention is better disclosed and it will be understood that changeswithin the scope of the claims may be made without departing from thespirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings forming a portion of this specification andin which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in theseveral views, Figure 1 is a side view with parts in section of thepresent car. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on the line 2-2 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the pivot blocks.Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view through the bottom shaft support.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, there is shown acarousel comprising a frame 1 which is preferably formed from radiallyextending channel iron members 2 which support at their outer endsvertically disposed I beams 3. The said I beams are connected at theirupper ends by horizontally disposed I beams 4 and are braced to saidbeams 3 by diagonally disposed members 5. The frame, at the point ofintersection of the members 2 supports an element 6 having at its centera depressed portion forming a cup 7, and as shown, the said cup receivesa semi-spherical depressed portion 8 of a member 9. It will be seen thatthe member 9 forms a step bearing for the end 1() of a verticallydisposed driven shaft 11. The shaft 11 is provided with a semi-sphericalboss or head 12 adjacent to its lower end and the said boss or headreceives a socket member 13 secured to the members 6 and 9 in anysuitable manner.

The driven shaft 11 is mounted at its up- Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 10, 1908.

Patented Oct. 26, 1909.

serial No. 461,920.

per end in any suitable manner to beams 4. The said shaft is providedwith a beveled gear wheel 14 which is located adjacent to the stepbearing and is in mesh with a beveled pinion 15 at one end of a driveshaft 16 disposed at right angles to the shaft 11 and mounted inbearings 17 arising from one of the members 2 of the frame 1.

An annular track 1S surrounds a portion of the shaft 11 and is supportedin parallel spaced relations to the bottom of the frame 1 by means ofsupporting members 19. The track is provided with cam surfaces 20 andintermediate depressions 21, and broadly speaking hereinafter, the trackin whole will be described as a cam track. The portions 2O of the saidtrack have their upper edges beveled as indicated at 22 for a purpose tobe hereinafter more fully explained. An element 23 is secured to theshaft 11 and is provided with a plurality of pivot blocks 24 each havinga passage 25 for receiving a suitable fastening device so that it may beeffectively held to said element 23. Each pivot block is provided withoppositely extending pins or studs 26 which receive the inner ends oflinks 27. It will be seen upon reference to Fig. 2 of the drawings thatthe said links are arranged in pairs and each pair receives or hassecured therebetween the inner ends of an arm 28. Each arm 28 isprovided with a revoluble roller 29 adapted to travel upon the upperedge of the track 18. The shaft 11 is provided adjacent to its upper'end with a .collar 30 to which is connected a plurality of downwardlyinclined arms 31, each having at its lower end a guide eye 32. A collar33 is located beneath the collar 30 and carries radial members 34 whichare connected at their outer ends to the arms 31 and which thus serve tobrace the same. Each arm 28 has suspended therefrom a car or similar'body 35. A slot 36 is formed in the shaft 11 adjacent to the upper endthereof, and pivotally mounted between the walls of the said slot isshown a pulley 37 over which is passed a cable 3S, and as will beclearly apparent upon reference to Fig. 1 of the drawings, it will beseen that the said cable is threaded through two of the guide eyes 32upon a corresponding number of arms 31 and the terminal ends of saidcable are connected to two of the said arms 28 as shown at 39. A similarpulley 40 is located beneath the pulley 37 and is adapted to receive acable similar to the cable 38 and which may be connected in a suitablemanner to the remaining arms 3( of the carousel.

In operation, the power is imparted to the shaft 16, and through thegeared connections between the shafts 1l and the said shaft 16, theformer will be rotated and will carry therewith or revolve the arms 2S.As the shaft 1l revolves it is obvious that by reason of the fact thatthese arms are pivoted to the bloc rs they are adapted for angularmovement and the rollers Q9 of said arms may travel annularly upon thecam faces 2O of the track 18 and thence into the depressed portions 2l.The result will be that a wave-like motion is imparted to the cars 85which materially adds to the amusement of the device. The arms QS arepreferably arranged in pairs, or in other words, an equal number of armsis provided so that when one roller 29 is engaged with the cam surface20, its opposite armwill be in such position that its roller will betraveling in the depressed portion. Upon reference to Fig. l, it will beseen that one arm QS of each pair always assun'ies a position parallelwith respect to the base of the frame l. It is desirable inconstructing` the car to arrange them so that they represei'it boatswhich thus greatly adds to the appear ance of the device incident to theresults ob tained by the provision of the cam traclr 15%.

I claim l. An amusement device comprising a vertically disposed drivenshaft, a plurality of pairs of oppositely disposed arms pivotallyconnected to the shaft, flexible elements connecting the arms of eachpair and attached to their outer ends, guides for the flexible elementslocated on the shaft at a point above the arms, cars suspended from saidarms, and cam means for locking said arms to impart to the cars awave-like motion.

2. An amusement device comprising a frame provided with a verticallydisposed driven shaft, a driving shaft geared to the driven shaft, aplurality of pairs of oppositely disposed arms pivotally connected tothe shaft, flexible elements connecting the arms of each pair andattached to their outer ends, guides for the flexible elements disposedat a point above the arms, cars suspended from the arms, and cam meansfor rocking said arms to impart to the cars a wave-like motion andadapted to move one arm of each pair at an angle with respect to theother arm during operation of the vertical shaft.

3. An amusement device comprising a vertically disposed driven shaft, adriving shaft geared to the driven shaft, a plurality of pairs ofoppositely disposed arms pivotally connected to the shaft, flexibleelements connecting the arms of each pair and attached to their outerend, guides for the flexible elements located on the shaft and disposedat a point above the arms, ears suspended from said arms, pulleyscarried by the driven shaft located above the guides for receiving theflexible connections, and means engageable with said arms for roelr ingJdie same to impart to the cars a Wavelilre motion.

In testimony whereof l aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER J. SMITH. lVitnesses MILTON C. SMITH, DANIEL CALLAN.

